17 volumes : 32 cm

All manner of information about birds is presented. Following each lengthy description are full-color plates of typical members of each species with range-pattern maps for each family's genus and species

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 1. Ostrich to ducks -- v. 2. New world vultures to guineafowl -- v. 3. Hoatzin to auks -- v. 4. Sandgrouse to cuckoos -- v. 5. Barn-owls to hummingbirds -- v. 6. Mousebirds to hornbills -- v. 7. Jacamars to woodpeckers -- v. 8. Broadbills to tapaculos -- v. 9. Cotingas to pipits and wagtails -- v. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to thrushes -- v. 11. Old World flycatchers to Old World warblers -- v. 12. Picathartes to tits and chickadees -- v. 13. Penduline-tits to shrikes -- v. 14. Bush-shrikes to Old World sparrows / [edited by] Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie -- v. 15. Weavers to New World warblers -- v. 16. Tanagers to New World blackbirds / [edited by] Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie -- v. [17]. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index / edited by Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal, David A. Christie

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